Bruins: welcome – or welcome back – to UCLA and to Westwood.
Many of you are just beginning your engagement with our campus and college town, while others are returning after more than a year and a half away.

News of Terry Donahue’s passing from cancer in July struck a deep nerve in me. As a Bruin legacy, I grew up watching UCLA football, bleeding blue and gold with my parents who attended UCLA back in the Dark Ages.

This post was updated Aug. 22 at 6:45 p.m.
Nearly three months into a pandemic that has disproportionately affected people of color, millions took to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd by police.

The University of California Board of Regents passed a proposal on Thursday to increase tuition and student fees according to the “cohort model”: tuition and fees will increase yearly by up to 5% for each incoming undergraduate class, who would then pay the same rate for up to six years.

This post was updated July 18 at 4:22 p.m.
Last summer, I recall scrolling through Instagram stories and seeing a peer of mine sharing a few signs she had painted.

I am a proud member of UCLA’s graduating Class of 2021. As newly minted graduates, we have the knowledge and responsibility to address major problems in our society and to prevent them from cascading to future generations.

This post was updated July 5 at 7:57 p.m.
Every day, Palestinians face persecution, destruction and death at the hands of the Zionist state of Israel.